PowerVision Toolkit for Windows
User Guide
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents _____________________________________________________________ 3
About the PowerVision Toolkit __________________________________________________ 5
Intended Use _____________________________________________________________________ 5
Downloading the PowerVision Toolkit ____________________________________________ 6
Connecting to the PowerVision Toolkit ____________________________________________ 6
Overview of the PowerVision Toolkit for Windows __________________________________ 6
Connection __________________________________________________________________ 7
Remote Diagnostics ___________________________________________________________ 8
Remote _____________________________________________________________________ 9
Variables ___________________________________________________________________ 10
Strings _____________________________________________________________________ 11
Lists _______________________________________________________________________ 12
Events _____________________________________________________________________ 13
Console ____________________________________________________________________ 14
PowerVision Studio Remote Tool _______________________________________________ 15
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About the PowerVision Toolkit
The PowerVision Toolkit is a field service software package that contains tools that are useful in the setup,
configuration and maintenance of PowerVision based Controllers and Displays. It allows customers to carry a
small software package on their PC which can handle most of the tasks needed when working with Murphy
hardware in field and support scenarios.
Intended Use
The following document is intended as a reference manual only.
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Downloading the PowerVision Toolkit
The PowerVision Toolkit for Windows is released alongside major releases of PowerVision.
These releases are available to download from our website (Forum),
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The latest version of the PowerVision Toolkit can be downloaded by finding the latest
PowerVision 2.X Release Post and selecting the link from there.
Connecting to the PowerVision Toolkit
The PowerVision Toolkit for Windows uses the same connections as PowerVision
Configuration Studio®. Please refer to the PowerVision Configuration Studio® Core
manual for information on how to set up and connect to your display. This manual is
available on the website along with other documentation and software needed for working
with PowerVision based hardware.
Overview of the PowerVision Toolkit for Windows
The PowerVision Toolkit is a set of tools that will allow you to support deployed
hardware based on the PowerVision Platform. This includes most Murphy display
products as well as the latest controllers, such as MPC-20. When launching the
PowerVision Toolkit, you will see an application that looks similar to the one below.
The PowerVision Toolkit is designed to support the latest version of Windows (7 to 10)
and provide an optimal experience on a wide variety of PC hardware.
The PowerVision Toolkit provides the following tools by clicking the Navigation
Bar along the top of the window.
Connection: This tool queries for devices and allows you to select from connected devices. It
provides the means to configure the communication method to use when communicating to the device.
Remote Diagnostics: This tool allows the user to view the internal variables of a display or
controller at runtime. This feature is supported only for displays that are running PowerVision 2.8 or
greater.
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Connection
The Connection page
allows you to query for
devices which are
connected to the
computer running the
PowerVision Toolkit.
Before you can query
the devices, you must
configure the conduit for
the type of connection
you are using. The
buttons on the lower
panel of the right side of
the Conduit Setup
screen are used to
change conduit settings
so that you are able to
query or reboot a
display. For example,
to connect to a color
display using the
ethernet (PowerVision Connection Kit) you would select Color Display and TCP Conduit as shown in the
figure on the right.
To connect to a monochrome display using the EControls ECOM Connection
(CAN), you would configure the conduit as shown on the left (Mono/ECOM).
After configuring the conduit
for your PC, you can select
the search for devices
button on the top right to see all connected devices.
You may also need to click this button if you have
disconnected or connected a different display.
Depending on your setup, you may see one or
more devices in the list in the center of the window.
If more than one device is shown, you can select
the device by clicking the device block. The currently selected device will show on the bottom left of the
window.
The update firmware… button allows you to load new programs to a device. These programs are files
created by PowerVision Configuration Studio® using the Generate Full Install feature or provided to you
by Murphy by Enovation Controls for use on your display. Typically these are files with a .pv1 file
extension. This feature supports color devices which have PowerVision 2.3 installed and monochrome
devices that have version 2.7 or later installed.
The update firmware… button will present a file open dialog for the selection of the firmware file to load.
When the directory and the file is selected the Open button will begin the firmware update. A banner with
the percentage complete will show the update activity. The update can be terminated with the cancel
button on the banner.
Finally, you can reboot the device by clicking the reboot or reboot to loader button on the top right of the
window.
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Remote Diagnostics
The Remote Diagnostics page allows you to see a remote view of the display, the current value of
variables, strings, lists on the device at run time, fire events and use a CAN console to the device. In
order for this feature to communicate with the display, the configuration must have each of the desired
variables, strings, lists and events selected with the “Include in Public API” option in the configuration.
Remote: This page allows the user to remotely see the screen and press buttons on a display. It
provides a way to capture screen shots from the display. This tool works on all color displays after
PowerVision 2.6. In addition it works on monochrome displays after 2.6 but only when connected using
the Serial Conduit.
Variables: Real time values of selected variables can be displayed, updated and saved.
Strings: Real time string values of selected variables can be displayed and updated.
Lists: Real time values of selected lists can be displayed, updated and items added or deleted.
Events: Selected events in the configuration can be fired on the device.
Console: A serial style console display can be used to the device over a CAN connection.
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Remote
The Remote page
allows you to see the
current display from a
remote location. To
use Remote you must
have a color display
connected using
ethernet or a
monochrome display
that is connected with a
serial connection. In
addition, Remote
requires that the
display have a program
created with
PowerVision 2.9 or
greater.
After a display has
been identified, the
center of the screen will
show an approximate layout of your device. This shows the screen as well as the location of the keys on
the display bezel (blue circles). Each of these virtual keys can be clicked with the mouse to send a
KeyPress and KeyRelease message to the display. After a key is released, the display will
automatically refresh the view to show any changes which occurred in response to the key press.
Other Useful Features in Remote:
• To capture the current screen to the clipboard, select the copy image button. You can then paste
this image into any image compatible application. This is useful when creating manuals and for
capturing the state of the screen at any time.
• The zoom slider will allow you to scale the view to a larger or smaller display based on your
preferences.
• To snap the display to fit the current window, click the zoom to fit button. This will set the virtual
screen to the largest size that will fit the window. If the window is large enough to fit the screen,
it will set the zoom to 100% (1:1 pixels.)
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Variables
The Variables page
displays a list of all
variables in the
configuration that have
the “Include in Public
API” option selected.
The variables’ current
real time values are
displayed.
The Variables list can
be filtered for Variable
Names that match an
input string by using
the toggle filters button.
The edit row button
presents a dialog that
allows entry of an
updated value for a
variable. The new
value can just update the current value or non-volatile variables can also be saved.
The save all button can be used to update all non-volatile
variables.
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Strings
The Strings page
displays a list of all
strings in the
configuration that have
the “Include in Public
API’s” option selected.
The strings’ real time
value is displayed.
The Strings list can be
filtered for String
Names that match an
input string by using
the toggle filters button.
The edit string button
presents a dialog to
update the value of the
selected string.
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Lists
The Lists page displays
the values of the rows
in a list for the lists in
the configuration that
have the “Include in
Public API” option
selected.
Display the rows in a
list by selection the list
from the Selected List
drop down.
Rows can be added to
the list with the add row
button.
Row values can be
edited with the edit row
button.
Current values of the rows can be updated and non-volatile values
can be updated and also saved.
Rows in the list can be deleted with the delete row button.
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Events
The Events page
displays a list of all
events in the
configuration that have
the “Include in Public
API” option selected.
The Events list can be
filtered for Event
Names that match an
input string by using
the toggle filters button.
The fire event button
fires the selected event
on the display.
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Console
A serial console can be used to the connected device over a CAN connection. The configuration must
have the “Serial to CAN Enabled” option selected.
The edit connection
setting button is used
to configure the ECOM
CAN settings.
The clear buffer button
clears the console
display.
The copy buffer button
copies the console
display to the
clipboard.
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PowerVision Configuration Studio® Remote Tool
The same Toolkit Remote Diagnostics functionality and features can be accessed from
the PowerVision Configuration Studio® Remote Tool for the currently connected device.
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